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Noun: trabecula (trabeculae)  tru'be-kyu-lu
  1. Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)

Derived forms: trabeculae

Type of: fibrous tissue

Encyclopedia: Trabecula